| | |  | Ethnic & Regional Dances | Home » » » THE PARIS OPERA BALLET: Six Ballets | | | | | | | Description: | | The Paris Opera Ballet Company is celebrated around the world for their beautiful and elegance dancing, and is known as the cradle of classical ballet, having functioned without interruption since 1713. Wonder Boy of the world dance scene Patrick Dupond, Claude De Vulpian, and Noëlla Pontois, the epitome of a French ballerina, highlight this special program that features music by renowned composers such as Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Meyerbeer. Sure to delight and impress Ballet fans everywhere, this stellar DVD features a selection of works choreographed by Nobert Schmucki especially for the stars of the Paris Opera Ballet, France s premiere Ballet Company. Stemming from a tradition of over 300 years (created as the Academie Royale de La Danse in 1661), The Paris Opera Ballet inhabits the largest theatre building in the world, L Opera de Paris. The Company now has over 160 dancers (second only to the Bolshoi) and supports a school that trains the outstanding young talents of the Company. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Patrick Dupond, Claude De Vulpian, Noella Pontois, Manuel Valera, Isabelle Cividino | | Director:
| V.I.E.W. Video | | Format:
| Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| V.I.E.W. Video | | Run Time:
| 60 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 19, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Very Low ResolutionFeb 02, 2010
I don't know what they did to the video. The effective resolution is no better than 160x100. The dancing is on par with other POB performances but the video transfer failed to show that.
The video is watchable on my computer in a small window. Watching it on a modern HDTV would make you wonder if your TV is broken! The dancers are great but you can't see them clearly to fully enjoy the program.
I guess the advance of the modern TV has made the older videos like this one unwatchable. Very sad.
Performance : 4
Video Quality: 1
I rented this DVD from Netflix. I would not want to own it. Owning this Blu-ray disc, Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake [Blu-ray], forever changed my expectation on what a good video can be. Sadly, this disc is far from it.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
The SelectionsJan 22, 2010
The Six Ballets together with the length of each:
1. Tchaikovsky Ballet [7:16]
2. Delta T [13:35]
3. Ephemera [8:11]
4. Paillettes [5:55]
5. The Ice Skaters [11:19]
6. The Black Swan [10:05]
Bonus selection:
The White Swan - From the DVD "Paris Opera Ballet: Seven Ballets"
"The Black Swan" from Swan Lake is danced by Patrick Dupond and Noëlla Pontois; "Ephemera" was composed by Manuel Valera and is danced by Claude de Vulpian; "The Ice Skaters" was composed by Meyerbeer and is danced by Isabelle Cividino, Daniele Doussard, and Felix Vivian.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
excpected moreJan 16, 2010
I have many ballet performances in my collection. Mostly Russian ballet. Quality of this film is poor .I expected more colors -better stage design. Why dancers perform classical pieces in modern or may rehearsal type of costumes? I couldn't even finish watching it. Cover photo on DVD box is too promising.
4 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 rggJun 05, 2009
The Paris Opera has got to be the best ballet company in the world. There dancers are so fluid in their movement. Awesome.
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